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It has also earned the nickname Video Game War, after the daily broadcast of images from cameras onboard American military aircraft during Operation Desert Storm. The Gulf War has also gained fame for some of the largest tank battles in American military history: the Battle of Medina Ridge, the Battle of Norfolk, and the Battle of 73 Easting.
The Pacific War, sometimes called the Asia–Pacific War or the Pacific Theater, [48] was the theater of World War II that was fought in eastern Asia, the Pacific Ocean, the Indian Ocean, and Oceania.
Laughlin is a town just 80 miles south of Las Vegas that in 2002 had 9 casinos and 8,000 people. [1] Every April about 100,000 people arrive in Laughlin for the River Run. [1] Amongst the bikers who arrived in Laughlin were the members of the Hells Angels and Mongols. [1]
The United States did not recognize either event as legitimate, and tensions escalated until fighting commenced on February 4, 1899 in the Battle of Manila. Shortly after being denied a request for armistice, the Philippine Council of Government issued a proclamation on June 2, 1899 urging the people to continue the war. [17]
1944 – World War II: A combined Canadian–Polish force captured the town of Falaise, France, in the final offensive of the Battle of Normandy. 2007 – BioShock was released in North America, becoming a critical success and a demonstration of video games as an art form.
First Indochina War; Part of the Indochina Wars, the Cold War, and the decolonization of Asia: Clockwise from the top: After the fall of Dien Bien Phu, supporting Laotian troops fall back across the Mekong River into Laos; French Marine commandos wade ashore off the Annam coast in July 1950; M24 Chaffee American light tank used by the French in Vietnam; Geneva Conference on 21 July 1954; A ...
Polybius' Histories describe how the Gaesatae, hired by other Celtic peoples, the Boii and Insubres, as mercenaries to fight the Romans, stood naked at the head of their army at the Battle of Telamon in 225BC. [1] The Boii and Insubres at this very battle are described fighting barechested, retaining only their trousers, shoes and cloaks. [2]
The historicity of the war remains the subject of scholarly discussion. [13] [14] [15] The Battle of the Ten Kings, mentioned in the Rigveda, may have formed the core of the Kurukshetra war's story. The war was greatly expanded and modified in the Mahabharata's account, which makes it dubious. [16]